Utah § 5c-105 - Lease void if property used for conduct prohibited by chapter.
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§ 5c-105. Lease void if property used for conduct prohibited by chapter.
76-5c-105. Lease void if property used for conduct prohibited by chapter.
| (1) | If a tenant or occupant of real property uses the real property for an activity for which the tenant or occupant or tenant's or occupant's employee is convicted under any provision of this chapter, the conviction makes void the lease or other title under which the tenant or occupant holds at the option of the fee owner or any intermediate lessor. |
| (2) | Subject to Subsection (3), ten days after the day on which the fee owner or intermediate lessor gives notice in writing to the tenant or occupant that the fee owner or intermediate lessor is exercising the option to void the lease or other title as described in Subsection (1), the right of possession to the property reverts to the fee owner or intermediate lessor exercising the option. |
| (3) | The fee owner's or intermediate lessor's option described in Subsection (2) does not arise until all avenues of direct appeal from the conviction have been exhausted or abandoned by the tenant or occupant, or the tenant's or occupant's employee. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5c-105 ("Lease void if property used for conduct prohibited by chapter.") is part of the Utah Code, the codified statutory law of Utah. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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